History Recap / InfinityTrainVoyageOfWisteriaTheCanalsOfFondueCar

* BattleCouple: Deconstructed; Lexi is absolutely '''furious''' to see so many cosplayers dressed as him and Chloe and making it seem all the more romantic as it's just a reminder that he ''can't'' have that life with Chloe and that he's about to face off with the ChildhoodFriend that made her so miserable.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: After Ash and Chloe learn that Goh had nearly been killed on his first day on the Train, Chloe is absolutely horrified. Ash attempts to reassure her that Goh is now perfectly safe; after Chloe’s adventure, [[PaperTiger the Apex]] are no more, and there’s no “destiny” awaiting Goh now that [[EldritchLocation the Fog Car]] has been decommissioned. However, this completely ignores the point that Chloe was currently making- that in the ‘’Infinity’’ Train, there’s never going to be any shortage of threats to Passengers. And given that Goh met up with a super-powered SerialKiller on his ‘’first day’’ on the Train, there’s no guarantee that his journey is going to be any less fraught than Chloe’s was.

* SkewedPriorities: After Goh relates the tale of [[GutPunch his first day on the Train]], Chloe runs off in horror. Both [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Ash]] and [[BrokenBird Goh]] prioritize going after Chloe to reassure her that [[DramaticIrony Goh’s going to be just fine]] over comforting the kid who ‘’was nearly murdered by a SerialKiller’’.

* RuleOfSymbolism: Chloe still fights with a pipe instead of the baseball bat she was gifted which is reminiscent of her fights on the Train and how she's still holding onto her past. When Meowth destroys it and Yamper subsequently evolves into Boltund, it symbolizes that she is a different person than the hero of the Infinity Train and beginning her first steps to truly becoming a Pokémon Trainer and reminding her that she's not alone in the struggle.

* ShroudedInMyth: Many denizens start talking about Chloe's exploits but in a way that's grandiose.

* TheUnreveal: Amelia doesn't reveal what she knows about the White Gestalt group nor does the reader know where London is currently staying.

* DramaticIrony: Goh believes that knowing the identities of White Gestalt outside of Gladion -- as they are given nicknames like "The Ghost", "The Mad Hatter" and "The White Rabbit" -- isn't going to be beneficial to him in the long run. But those who were reading ''Knight of the Orange Lily'' will recall that The White Rabbit is ''Tokio Chisou'', his friend who was searching for Celebi.

* TookALevelInBadass: Chloe and Yamper take multiple levels here. Chloe stands up against Team Rocket and manages to get a few hits in with her pipe while Yamper is much more proactive in battle and even evolves into Boltund!

* WhamEpisode: Not even the third car of the story and heavy stuff already happens. The small whams include Chloe getting an Eevee and Yamper involves into Boltund. The heavy whams include Ogami ''murdering Satou and Shio'' with the idea of helping them become reincarnate into passengers and him nearly getting Goh and the fact that Gladion was keeping plenty of secrets on the Train; one of them being that he leads a group that included Paul London and -- for those who read ''Knight of the Orange Lily'' -- Specter and ''Tokio''.

** Team Rocket make a few references to the events of ''Recap/PokemonS1E36TheBridgeBikeGang'', with James even lampshading how rarely they get to reference that episode.

* FakeMemories: Whatever happened in Gladion's story and the White Gestalt; it was bad that everyone's memories had to be erased of it so they only remember Gladion as the hero. In fact Amelia ''herself'' is shocked that she completely forgot about the other members.

* GutPunch: Goh's first day had him learn that the butterfly denizen murdered Satou and Shio under the guise of helping them so they can be reincarnated into passengers and nearly ends with Goh almost losing his life. Moreover, it turns out that Gladion was keeping more secrets about his time on the train that he wanted to...

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Invoked. The other White Gestalt members didn't want their identities revealed so they went by nicknames: The Ghost, The Mad Hatter and The White Rabbit.

* RuleOfSymbolism: Chloe still fights with a pipe instead of the baseball bat she was gifted which is reminiscient of her fights on the Train and how she's still holding onto her past. When Meowth destroys it and Yamper subsequently evolves into Boltund, it symbolizes that she is a different person than the hero of the Infinity Train and beginning her first steps to truly becoming a Pokémon Trainer and reminding her that she's not alone in the struggle.
** The pipe is named Valtiel, named after the servant of "God" who stalks Heather Mason. Like Heather eventually finds hersef and sheds off the identity as the one who will bring God to existence, when Meowth destroys it, it subsequently has Yamper evolve to show that there's more to her than what is expected.

* WhamEpisode: Not even the third car of the story and heavy stuff already happens. The small whams include Chloe getting an Eevee and Yamper involves into Boltund. The heavy whams include Ogami ''murdering Satou and Shio'' with the idea of helping them become reincarnate into passengers and him nearly getting Goh and the fact that Gladion was keeping plenty of secrets on the Train; one of them being that he lead a group that included Paul London and -- for those who read ''Knight of the Orange Lily'' -- Specter and ''Tokio''.

* CutenessProximity: Hazel squees at how Sobble is so cute before hugging him.

* FakeMemories: Whatever happened in Gladion's story and the White Gestalt; it was bad that everyone's memories had to be erased of it so it was only Gladion as the hero. In fact Amelia ''herself'' is shocked that she completely forgot about the other members.

* OhCrap: Goh's expression when Chloe brings up Satou and Shio and earlier when he sees Hazel hugging ''Sobble''.

* TheReveal: Gladion was hiding a ''lot'' about his journey on the Train; he was actually the leader of a group called "White Gestalt" with its only remaining member on the Train being someone named London...as in ''Paul'' London from ''Knight of the Orange Lily''.

* LogicalWeakness: Chloe more than holds her own in a scrappy fight against the Ursaring, and when Team Rocket accidentally sets her off further by insulting her for being "un-Trainer-like", but once Meowth overwhelms her and manages to break apart Valtiel with multiple Scratch attacks, she's defenseless.

* RuleOfSymbolism: Chloe still fights with a pipe instead of the baseball bat she was gifted which is reminiscient of her fights on the Train. When Meowth destroys it and Yamper subsequently evolves into Boltund, it symbolizes that she is a different person than the hero of the Infinity Train and beginning her first steps to truly becoming a Pokémon Trainer and reminding her that she's not alone in the struggle.

* RuleOfSymbolism: Chloe still fights with a pipe instead of the baseball bat she was gifted which is reminiscient of her fights on the Train. When Meowth destroys it and Yamper subsequently evolves into Boltund, it symbolizes that she is a different person than the hero of the Infinity Train and that she has Pokémon to help her fight.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Chloe and Atticus remark that Boltund looks more like Ugly Irwin.
* TheReveal: Gladion was hiding a ''lot'' about his journey on the Train; he was actually the leader of a group called "White Gestalt" with its only surviving member being someone named London...as in ''Paul'' London.

* LogicalWeakness: Chloe more than holds her own in a scrappy fight against the Ursaring, and when Team Rocket accidentally sets her off further by insulting her for being "un-Trainer-like", but once Meowth overwhelms her and manages to break apart Cheshire with multiple Scratch attacks, she's defenseless.
* OhCrap: Goh's expression when Chloe brings up Satou and Shio.

* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Sashay's advice holds true, and the Red Lotus Quarto slips through the car fairly easily. But Varon easily recognizes them when they ask about Goh.

* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Further emphasized here, as the meek, terrified boy Goh has become is ''nothing'' like the living runaway train Chloe described him as before.

* ExpectedSomeoneTaller: More like Expected Someone ''Livelier'', but this is Lexi's reaction to seeing Goh in person, as he simply doesn't resemble the "living runaway train" Chloe described him as before.

* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Sashay's advice holds true, and the Red Lotus Quarto slips through the car fairly easily.

* HiddenInPlainSight: Both the Quarto and Goh himself, the latter going by "G".
* NoodleIncident: It's implied something happened between Satou and Zack before this chapter, since neither of them are present.

* HiddenInPlainSight: Both the Quarto and Goh himself.

* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Sashay's advice holds true, and the Red Lotus Quarto slips through the car fairly easily.